Synthesis, Characterization and X-Ray Structural Determination of the Nine-coordinate Tris-aqua Tetra-oxamato Neodymium(III) Complex [Nd(Hoxm)3(H2oxm)·2.5H2O]n

Abstract

The reaction of NdIII with oxamic acid yields [Nd(Hoxm)3(H2oxm)·2.5H2O] n 1 (H2oxm = oxamic acid) which contains nine-coordinate Nd centres linked into chains via four-coordinate Hoxm- ligands; the chains are connected via an array of H-bonds.